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Unfair to avoid Devin Hester?

Most of the time I will try to keep my opinion to a bare minimum as Emkow hands me the keys to his "car." But I couldn't help but think of a couple points when I read Dan Pompei's "Huddle Up" blog after the Lions' 16-7 win over the Bears.

Originally posted by Chicago Tribune, October 28

I'd like to see the NFL consider legislation that would penalize teams for punting out of bounds. And maybe the league should tack on another 10 yards to the penalty for kicking off out of bounds. It isn't good for the league to have dynamic players like Devin Hester taken out of the game.

First of all, as bad as things have been in Detroit, I truly cannot remember anyone crying for a change in the rules when opposing defenses would put 11 men, four billy goats and a small family of water buffalo in the box in order to stop Barry Sanders. Secondly, the Bears have every opportunity to make teams pay for giving them better field position. Mr. Pompei, let me introduce you to the word "offense."

This has got to be a joke. If a change were to be made, they'd also have to prevent 8 players from crowding the box and for a team's #1 receiver from being covered by more than 1 player.

Oh, and Elam isn't allowed to kick within 2 minutes of the half/game.

A joke. This is football... if you can't win without your KR/PR, you don't deserve to win.

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That is extremely lame. You devise ways to eliminate the opposing teams best players, and that usually leaves you vulnerable in other areas. If the team you're playing can't figure out ways to exploit this then they don't deserve to win. Kicking away from Hester is smart strategy, just like double teaming Steve Smith or avoiding Champ Bailey is.

Originally posted by njx9

i invite all of you to spam the board with moronic topics that aren't even vaguely entertaining. please.

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Well, it isn't good for the league to have dynamic players taken out of the game. It isn't good for the league for teams to play defense, either. They obviously aren't gonna change it. The field position teams get on an out of bounds kickoff is top notch, they need to take advantage.

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Its called a competitive advantage, if you don't want Hester lighting you up then you better tackle him or not kick to him.

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SSAEL....... its a new revolution!

Originally posted by Job

On another note, Nicklas Backstrom is amazingly good.

Meanwhile, in hockey the other night, the Washington Capitals' Eric Belanger gets hit with a stick, loses EIGHT teeth, has an instant root canal in the locker room, comes back out and PLAYS and never says boo.

So new rule, NBA: Unless you have a root canal at halftime, SHUT UP AND PLAY!

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It is much easier to direct a kick out of bounds on a kickoff than on a punt. On a punt you would lose yardage majority of the time by trying to kick out of bounds, but on a kickoff you could easily get it below the 15 yard line.